Leviticus 26 in the early church
90 passages quote, allude to, or echo Leviticus 26, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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Leviticus 26:1
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:1 | Epistle of Barnabas 12.6 · Anonymous | echo, medium confidence | ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) |
| Lev 26:1 | Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 2 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 211–213 |
| Lev 26:1 | Instructions 1.2 · Commodian | allusion, medium confidence | 3rd century (disputed) |
Leviticus 26:3
If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:3 | PG 12:1153 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Lev 26:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:3–10 | Against Adimantus, a Disciple of Mani 20 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 394 |
| Lev 26:3–8 | Leviticus, lines 248–272 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:4 | PG 12:1153 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Lev 26:4 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:4 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:4 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 26:5
Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:5 | PG 12:1153 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Lev 26:5 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:5 | Homilies on Jeremiah 14.16 · Origen | quotation, low confidence | ca. 240 |
Leviticus 26:6
And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:6 | Homilies on Joshua 5.2 · Origen | allusion, low confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:6 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:6 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:6 | Divine Institutes 5.23.3 · Lactantius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 303–311 |
Leviticus 26:7
You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:7 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:7 | Tractates on the Psalms 128.6 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, low confidence | ca. 360–367 |
Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:8 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:8 | Homilies on Numbers 25.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 26:9
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 26:10
You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:10 | Homilies on Leviticus 5.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:10 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:10 | Commentary on Matthew 10.15 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Lev 26:10 | Demonstration 20.2 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Lev 26:10 | Letter 28 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–378 |
| Lev 26:10 | On Cain and Abel 2.19 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 375-378 |
Leviticus 26:11
And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:11 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:11 | Commentary on Matthew 10.15 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:12 | Miscellanies 3.11.73 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Lev 26:12 | Commentary on John 13.143 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Lev 26:12 | On Prayer 23.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Lev 26:12 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 26:12 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.164 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Lev 26:12 | Against Celsus 8.18 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 248 |
| Lev 26:12 | Commentary on Matthew 10.15 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Lev 26:12 | Commentary on Romans 2.6 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Lev 26:12 | Church History 10.4.56 · Eusebius of Caesarea | echo, medium confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Lev 26:12 | Martyrdom of Ignatius 1 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 4th–5th century (disputed) |
| Lev 26:12 | Preparation for the Gospel 4.21.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Lev 26:12 | Demonstration 4.11 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Lev 26:12 | Demonstration 13.13 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Lev 26:12 | Demonstration 18.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Lev 26:12 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.16.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Lev 26:12 | Letter 10 · Ammonas | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 340-360 |
| Lev 26:12 | Catechetical Lecture 12.35 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 350 |
| Lev 26:12 | On Not Agreeing with Heretics 13 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| Lev 26:12 | On the Holy Spirit 24 · Didymus the Blind | quotation, medium confidence | Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391 |
| Lev 26:12 | Tractates on the Psalms 131.6 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Lev 26:12 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6:17–18 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Lev 26:12 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.32.6 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, medium confidence | 374-377 |
| Lev 26:12 | Exposition of Psalm 118 8.7.3 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Lev 26:12 | Letter 187.35 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Lev 26:12 | Sermon 330.8 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Lev 26:12 | City of God 22.30 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
Leviticus 26:13
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:13 | Homilies on Leviticus 16.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 26:14
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:14–39 | Leviticus, lines 273–296 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Leviticus 26:16
then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:16 | PG 12:1153 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Leviticus 26:18
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:18 | Homilies on Ezekiel 1.2 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Lev 26:18 | Homilies on Jeremiah 7.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| Lev 26:18 | Homilies on Jeremiah 7.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
Leviticus 26:21
If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:21 | Homilies on Jeremiah 7.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| Lev 26:21 | Homilies on Jeremiah 7.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| Lev 26:21 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.127 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
Leviticus 26:23
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:23–24 | Fragment 16 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | late 2nd–early 3rd century |
| Lev 26:23–24 | Fragment 58 (Uncertain origin; on the iota and the stroke (Matthew 5:18)) · Clement of Alexandria | echo, low confidence | late 2nd-early 3rd century |
| Lev 26:23 | The Instructor 1.9.85 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Lev 26:23 | Homilies on Ezekiel 1.2 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Lev 26:23 | Homilies on Jeremiah 7.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| Lev 26:23 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.127 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Lev 26:23–24 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.44.1 · Anonymous | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Lev 26:23–24 | Liber Orsiesii 53 · Orsiesius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Leviticus 26:24
then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:24 | The Instructor 1.9.85 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Lev 26:24 | PG 12:1217 (Ps 16 LXX) · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Lev 26:24 | Homilies on Jeremiah 7.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| Lev 26:24 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.127 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Lev 26:24 | Oration 16.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Leviticus 26:27
But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:27 | PG 12:1233 (Ps 17 LXX) · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Leviticus 26:28
then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:28 | PG 12:1233 (Ps 17 LXX) · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Leviticus 26:29
You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:29 | PG 12:1223 (Ps 16–17 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:30 | Miscellanies 1.21.120 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
Leviticus 26:34
Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:34 | Homilies on Ezekiel 4.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
Leviticus 26:40
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:40 | Dialogue with Trypho 16.1 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Lev 26:40 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.128 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
Leviticus 26:41
and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:41 | Dialogue with Trypho 16.1 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Lev 26:41 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.128 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
Leviticus 26:43
For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 26:43 | Homilies on Ezekiel 4.1 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |